Low 50s, S 15-20, overcast, so back in the tights and a couple of extra shirts. Meandered through the hills over to Amherst, then back on the flats. Relaxed pace, made it much more pleasant. One section of dirt road for about a mile and a half, mostly fine but could have happily done without the couple of sections of loose gravel.

From Bernardston north not quite to Brattleboro, up on 142 and back on 5. Took a bit of a shortcut to check out Broad Branch Road. It was dirt but not bad, and I've decided that there's no reason to avoid dirt roads. So a pleasant little exploration.

Went relatively early since the wind was supposed to increase as the day went on. Already pretty breezy, supposedly from the WNW. Most hurting on the first half, mostly helping on the second, definitely helping on the last couple of miles.